Category 8 · Medieval History
Medieval Economy & Trade
6 micro topics in Medieval History for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Inland Trade in Medieval India; Overseas Trade and the Role of European Trading Companies; and 4 more.
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8.1
Inland Trade in Medieval India
Inland trade in medieval India was not only in luxuries but in foodstuffs and textiles, carried by banjaras, river boats and coastal vessels along regional links: Bengal's sugar, rice, muslin and silk, Coromandel's textiles, Gujarat's silks…
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Overseas Trade and the Role of European Trading Companies
India was the manufactory of the Asian world: its textiles clothed people from Aden to Achin and it earned a favourable balance paid in gold and silver. In the seventeenth century the Dutch, English and later…
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8.3
Position of Indian Merchants in Overland Trade
Overland trade to Central and West Asia was run by Multanis, Khurasanis, Afghans, Iranians and later Khatris, with Lahore, Multan, Kabul and Qandahar as gateways. About 10,000 Indian traders lived in Iran, with colonies at Baku,…
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The Mughal State's Relationship with Commerce
The Mughal state helped trade by law and order, roads and sarais, protection of merchants' property, illegal road cesses, pure silver coinage and cash revenue, and by direct interest in arms and shipbuilding, while letting European…
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Trends in India's Economy During the First Half of the 18th Century
In the first half of the eighteenth century India's economy was neither simply collapsing nor booming: the Mughal fiscal system strained, Nadir Shah's raid in 1739 emptied the treasury and regional states rose, yet trade and…
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Medieval Indian Coinage (Sultanate Tanka, Mughal Rupee and Mohur)
Sultanate coinage rested on the silver tanka and copper dirham, with the jital at 48 to a tanka; Muhammad Tughlaq's bronze token currency failed because it was forged and was withdrawn. Sher Shah struck fine gold,…
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Frequently asked questions
Which topics are in Medieval Economy & Trade?
Medieval Economy & Trade has 6 micro topics in Medieval History: Inland Trade in Medieval India; Overseas Trade and the Role of European Trading Companies; Position of Indian Merchants in Overland Trade; The Mughal State's Relationship with Commerce; Trends in India's Economy During the First Half of the 18th Century; Medieval Indian Coinage (Sultanate Tanka, Mughal Rupee and Mohur).
Is Medieval Economy & Trade important for UPSC Prelims?
Medieval Economy & Trade is a part of the UPSC Prelims Medieval History syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 6 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.